How popular is the name Chaya?

Chaya ranks 1,092nd among girls' names in US records, with 15,292 births since 1947. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,549.

Is Chaya a unisex name?

No. Chaya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2022, when 510 children were given the name. It has been in use for 78 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,092 of girl names

Pronounced CH AA1 Y AA1 (ARPABET)

Chaya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1947. It has been given to 15,292 children — the 1,092nd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2022, when 510 children were given it.

2022Girls: 510Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Chaya?: Chaya ranks 1,092nd among girls' names in US records, with 15,292 births since 1947. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,549.
Is Chaya a unisex name?: No. Chaya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Chaya most popular?: 2022, when 510 children were given the name. It has been in use for 78 years and is still recorded as of 2024.